Yesterday Matt and I made Jocelyn put her all her binkies in a bag, give them a hug and throw them away. She was not "ready" and was not happy at all. She was on a mood roller coaster all day, alternating from bragging to people about not having binkies anymore to crying her eyes out.
Nap time was a sad occasion, she cried quietly while alternately sucking on each finger and parts of her arm trying to find a replacement. Bedtime was heartbreaking with hysterical crying and attempts at bargaining. She finally went to sleep and thankfully only woke up once crying for her binky.
Jocelyn also has a lovey, Hop Hop, that she has carried around forever. For some reason she has connected the two in her mind and so she has gotten rid of him too. Every time I tried to pass her Hop Hop for comfort she tossed him aside and said he had to go too.
Today we have not had any tears (although it is not nap time yet). Hopefully it will be a better day since I went to bed last night questioning our decision and definitely not feeling like parent of the year.
We did let Jocelyn pick out a big prize for getting rid of the binky, at first we thought we would be going hamster shopping today but thankfully she decided this was what she wanted...
3 or 4 days is usually all it took for my kids to get over the worst of it. You're NOT a bad parent! It's better to suffer through it now, than having a 5 year old with a binky!
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